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So I was brought to the attention of this model through the latest Pathfinder Adventure Path. This naturally took me to Paizo's site to look at it, which made me wander over to the manufacturer's website (Worldworksgames). They specialize in Papercraft terrain. I really like a lot of their products, and their innovative TLX architecture is amazing.

So I took the plunge and purchased the ship. So here I am on my first build, The Maiden. Dunno if it was smart to have this as my first, but if I can do this, I'm pretty sure I can do all the rest that WWG offers

I'll be turning all of this...


into this...


I went out to the garage and grabbed some scrap MDF and some clamps after reading through some posts on the WWG site. It's not exactly what they did, but something they said sparked the idea. Since using them, I can say that these have been AWESOME. Two sets of MDF and 6 clamps. I may have to head out to the workshop just to cut some MDF squares to do the 6" inch tiles in other sets later.



Took this picture last night (07/25). I used two pieces of scrap foamcore to sandwich that part of the bow to the hull. The clamp held it for me overnight. If I can do ANYTHING to have something else hold pieces together for me while glue dries, I will.



Not shown...the rest of the decking is all on foamcore and edged. I should be ready to finish up the lower hull here soon. Pics will be added as progress continues

Got some more work done over the past two nights. The walls of the lower hull are all attached. A number of the other decks are complete, and the steering box (I don't know the nautical term) is attached. Lots of other random pieces have been built and just waiting their turns to be attached.

A pic of the completed outer walls for the lower hull. The clamps are holding the last piece on while the glue dries. The white braces are to help keep the walls from bowing in or out. I used them during all the phases of attaching the lower walls.





The pieces that are hanging out waiting their turn



I have all the lower hull supports completed, they'll be going in next. I'll be letting this rear piece set for a good 18 hours or so.